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Obama's Peace Tack Contrasts with Key Aide, Friend of Israel
(New York Times) Helene Cooper and Mark Landler - By almost all accounts, Dennis B. Ross - Middle East envoy to three presidents, well-known architect of incremental and painstaking diplomacy in the Middle East that eschews game-changing plays - is Israel's friend in the Obama White House. His strategy sometimes contrasts sharply with that of a president who has bold instincts and a willingness to elevate the plight of the Palestinians to a status equal to that of the Israelis. But now, as the president is embarking on a course that, once again, puts him at odds with Israel's prime minister, the question is how much of a split the president is willing to make not only with the Israeli leader, but with his own Middle East adviser.